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Splatter Summer Neon Nails with Tutorial

Oh my
beloved China Glaze Summer Neon colours, Orange You Hot? and Flirty Tankini was
just idly sitting by and I thought I needed just one more way to wear them
again. Both are fabulous, vibrant colours on their own and looked soft and
pretty sheered out in my watercolour manicure. I wanted another way to wear
them together but this time it should allow them to be the bold, vibrant
colours that they are. Introducing my splatter nails (which is one of the
newest nail trends) featuring my two summer neons from China Glaze.

Step 1: Apply your base coat if desired
and then two coat of your white polish. This will serve as your base and make
the neon colours pop even more.

Step 2: Apply a few drops of the first
summer neon, Flirty Tankini onto the painter’s palette. Dip the straw into the
polish. If you like you can also suck into the straw a bit to draw some polish
up into the straw. Then blow out polish hard onto the nails to allow it to
splatter onto the white base.

Did you
notice the mess it makes? I totally underestimated the amount of splatter that
would fall onto my skin, so I would suggest taping around the nail to make the
clean up easier.

Quick tip: Make sure to blow really hard
on the straw to allow the polish to be pushed out. Add a bit more polish if you
like but don’t overload the straw or you will end up with big blotches. Of
course if that’s the look you want so be it. You may have to repeat a few times
to get the coverage of the splatter you want.

Step 3: Apply the next summer neon
colour, Orange You Hot? using the same method as described in 2 above. This is
what you will have. Notice the big blobs I was talking about when you overload
the straw with polish?

Step 4: Repeat the process using a
yellow polish,Sunshine Pop. More blobs anyone?

Step 5: Clean up! I found using acetone
and a cotton ball was easiest to remove the big splashes around the nail and
then I went in closer around the cuticles with those cosmetic buds, the ones
with the pointed tips for more precision. Apply top coat and you’re done!

Now you
can add a second layer of your top coat to smoothen it out more but I love the
texture of the splattered polish. It feels like true nail art to me. So would
you give this a try?

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